David Cameron-Afraid To Go Into The Lion’s Den?

Article by Lord Owen Published in The Guardian, 20 February, 2012

On Monday February 20th in No 10 the Prime Minister talks to some of the leaders of the health professions but not to others like the BMA who oppose him. Lloyd George was not afraid to meet the BMA. On emerging from a meeting with the BMA he said “I don’t think there has been anything like it since the days when Daniel went in to the LIONS’S DEN…but I can assure you they treated me with the same civility as the lions treated my illustrious predecessor…except these lions knew their anatomy.”

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